Check the virtual machine configuration versions

  1. On the Windows desktop, click the Start button and type any part of the name Windows PowerShell.
  2. Right-click Windows PowerShell and select Run as Administrator.
  3. Use the Get-VM cmdlet. Run the following command to get the versions of your virtual machines. 
    Get-VM * | Format-Table Name, Version

    You can also see the configuration version in Hyper-V Manager by selecting the virtual machine and looking at the Summary tab.

Upgrade the virtual machine configuration version

  1. Shut down the virtual machine in Hyper-V Manager.
  2. Select Action > Upgrade Configuration Version. If this option isn’t available for the virtual machine, then it’s already at the highest configuration version supported by the Hyper-V host.

To upgrade the virtual machine configuration version by using Windows PowerShell, use the Update-VMVersion cmdlet. Run the following command where vmname is the name of the virtual machine.

Update-VMVersion <vmname>

Supported virtual machine configuration versions

The following table shows which virtual machine configuration versions are supported by Hyper-V hosts that run on specific versions of Windows operating systems.

Hyper-V host Windows version Supported virtual machine configuration versions
Windows Server 2016 8.0, 7.1, 7.0, 6.2, 5.0
Windows 10 Anniversary Update 8.0, 7.1, 7.0, 6.2, 5.0
Windows Server 2016 Technical Preview 7.1, 7.0, 6.2, 5.0
Windows 10 build 10565 or later 7.0, 6.2, 5.0
Windows 10 builds earlier than 10565 6.2, 5.0
Windows Server 2012 R2 5.0
Windows 8.1 5.0

Run the PowerShell cmdlet Get-VMHostSupportedVersion to see what virtual machine configuration versions your Hyper-V Host supports. When you create a virtual machine, it’s created with the default configuration version. To see what the default is, run the following command.

Get-VMHostSupportedVersion -Default